Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
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An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ARCHITECTURE TRIEDRE · Activities of building architects · Binche · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BA TECHNICS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ardooie · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Belgian Anesthesia Trainees · Edegem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of de Bournonville Administration and Technologies · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BUILDING ART TECHNOLOGY · Other research and development on natural sciences · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Better Africa Today · Mechelen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Putte · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Linkebeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Belgian African Trading Cie · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brugge · since 1964
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Hasselt · since 2022
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Namur · since 2022
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gavere · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Merchtem · since 1965
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Abbreviation of De Belgische Bond voor Aquarium en Terrariumhouders · Lille · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Belgian Air Transport Association · Steenokkerzeel · since 1977
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Beerse · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS · Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Liège · since 1984
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Moussey · since 1985
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Chaudfontaine · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Tennis Development · Operation of sports facilities · Jodoigne · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BATI PLUS · General construction of residential buildings · Herstal · since 1992
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Abbreviation of British American Theatrical Society · Mortsel · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Bachelors Technologie Oostende · Oostende · since 2000
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Nieuwpoort · since 2001
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2013
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1988
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ARDENNES TRI & TRAIL · Saint-Hubert · since 2013
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1978
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Joinery installation · Willebroek · since 2017
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Operation of sports facilities · Jodoigne · since 2017
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1987
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Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Bâtiment Xavier · General construction of residential buildings · Jurbise · since 2021
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Logging · Wemmel · since 2012
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1981
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Hoogstraten · since 2005
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Diepenbeek · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Been Awake Till Sunrise · Gent · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Grimbergen · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Belgian American Transworld Air Consolidators · Logistics services · Brussel · since 1972
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
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Kraainem · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Halle · since 2021
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · Aalst · since 2023
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Oudergem · since 1965
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General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 2018